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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates831Searchable applications
396Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 388 approved or refused records
14Refused applications
374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Mar 2024 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building regulationsContact planning Contact planningLocal plan Development PlanPre-application advice Pre-application advice and guidance
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesPlanning.DC@stockport.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas37 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas30 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- RegisteredDC/100005
Application to discharge conditions 3 (demolition method statement), 4 (CMP), 5 (pre-condition survey) and 25 (contaminated land) of Planning Permission DC/094532
48 Churchgate Stockport SK1 1YG
Received 20 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100006
Conversion of first floor to a 2 bedroom self contained flat
191 Bramhall Lane Cale Green Stockport SK2 6JA
Received 20 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100008
1 x 48 sheet (6m x 3m) Freestanding digital advertising display
Grove Park Grove Lane Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 7NB
Received 21 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/100009
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 2 Bredbury Green Romiley Stockport SK6 3DN
Received 14 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/100010
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 98 Lower Bents Lane On Ward Street Bredbury Stockport SK6 2NN
Received 14 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/100011
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
OPP 13 Vale Road Romiley Stockport SK6 3LE
Received 14 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100012
3no. powder-coated aluminium fascia signs with LED illuminated acrylic push-through lettering, 4no. blank powder-coated aluminium fascia signs, 1no. digital display screen positioned internally behind the glazing and 1no. digitally printed graphic applied to aluminium composite material to ATM area.
1 Coop Bank St Peters Square Stockport SK1 1NX
Received 21 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100013
Residential development of two dwellings
Land Adjacent To Crosslea Buxton Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6NG
Received 21 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100014
This silverbirch sits at the left hand side of the front of the house between us and Mr and Mrs Ashman at 77.The branches grow and overhang the pavement as well as our drive. Over time they obstruct pedestians as well as making it dangerous for us to have a clearview when trying to leave the drive in our cars.Mr and Mrs Ashman and I share the cost of any work needed and our tree surgeon usually notifies you but he has now retired. Therefore we need permission to reduce the lower branches and the crown (pollarding i think it is called).We have already had a quote from a tree surgeon, but await your approval. HAR/CA26, TPO 45W.
77A Hulme Hall Road Cheadle Hulme SK8 6JZ
Received 21 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100015
1 middle aged Silver Birch 15m, previously pollarded. Reduce length of branches by 4m. HAR/CA21.
Burnbrae Mauldeth Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3NW
Received 24 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100016
Single storey front extension
68 Albany Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 1NE
Received 24 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100018
There are two mature beech trees at the bottom of my garden which are in the conservation area. They have grown very tall and one overhangs my neighbour?s garden. I would like to top the trees and allow my neighbour to reduce two branches which overhang her garden as she is worried they may break off and fall on her grandchildren. She has asked me to make them safer. HAR/CA21, TPO 396W.
4 Mauldeth Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3NW
Received 24 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100019
Large conifer (labelled tree) - Requires crown lifting to facilitate access to property and height reduction due to proximity to housing. There is a TPO on the site dating from approx 1981 but based on location we believe it must apply to a tree removed before we acquired the property, and not to this tree; please let us know if you disagree with this assessment. This work will be done at the same time as seasonal hedge trimming to the hedge adjacent.Please treat this as a section 211 notice and we will assume the work can continue if we have not heard from you in 6 weeks. HAR/CA26, TPO 132W.
20 Bowness Avenue Cheadle Hulme Stockport SK8 7HS
Received 24 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/100020
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 24 Hayfield Road Bredbury Stockport SK6 1DE
Received 14 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100022
Single storey rear extension and re-rendering works to the entire property.
449 Chester Road Woodford Stockport SK7 1QP
Received 24 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100023
Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension with decking area, porch and extension to the front elevation. New render finish to all walls.
30 Bird Hall Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 5QH
Received 24 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/100024
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
Hazel Gardens Hazel Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle SK8 7GG
Received 14 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/100025
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
Outside 1A Ravenoak Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle SK8 7DL
Received 14 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100026
Proposed single storey rear extension.(i) The projection of the proposed extension beyond the rear wall of the original house is 3.29 metres(ii) The maximum height of the proposed extension is 3.56 metres(iii) The height of the eaves of the proposed extension is 3.56 metres
26 Brackley Road Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 2RE
Received 25 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100028
Proposed single storey pitched roof extension to the side and the rear with new porch to the front elevation and render finish to existing external walls. Partial conversion of the roof space to provide and additional bedroom.
4 Greenway Bramhall Stockport SK7 1DD
Received 25 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100029
T1 birch reduce by 20% max 2 meters.T2 dead willow fell. HAR/CA30, TPO 436W.
110 Bramhall Lane South Bramhall Stockport SK7 2EB
Received 27 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/100030
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
J/W 1 Ravenswood Drive And Ravendak Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle SK8 7DZ
Received 14 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/100031
Discharge of condition 2 of planning permission DC/095135
Land Off Buxton Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6NA
Received 25 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/100032
Proposed construction of a side extension, to replace an existing lean-to-extension.
101 Moss Lane Bramhall Stockport SK7 1EG
Received 24 Aug 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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